[WATTYS2018 LONGLIST!]
[FEATURED AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2018]
Editor: @MichaelHoliday
For the first time since the Battle of Endor, the Ewoks have invited the Republic back to their tiny moon to celebrate Independence Day. Much of the Republic delight at the chance to visit this proscribed location that was the turning point in the Rebellion.
The Ewoks have sent missives across the galaxy to all tribal members. Reuniting the wayward tribe proves difficult: Luke's wife Naluma is about to deliver their first child, Han and Chewie are on a "trading mission" for dubious clients, and Leia is protecting a young girl from a great evil in the galaxy.
The youngest member of the tribe, Ben Solo, struggles with his parents' separation, the injuries sustained on a training mission months earlier, and the burgeoning darkness within him.
But a Force-ghost has been manipulating the proceedings, bringing his family together once again on Endor.
Is he in time to save his lost grandson?
And who's the girl?
AU Star Wars story sixteen years after Return of the Jedi.
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I do not own Disney or Lucasfilm. The characters Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, R2-D2, Anakin Skywalker, Luke Skywalker, Ben Solo, Rey, all the creatures, and Endor are the property of Disney/Lucasfilm. I make no money from this work.
Naluma and everyone else and the Jedi Academy on Khalkha are mine.
No portion of this story may be copied, transmitted, or used for other creative works without written permission of the author. All rights reserved. Copyright 2018 S. A. McCaffrey. (Wattpad username: @SapphireAlena)
"Only in the darkness can you see stars."
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It has been six years since Ben Solo succumbed to his fate and betrayed the Jedi Order after being seduced by the Dark Side. With the aid of his immense power, the First Order has cast a shadow over the galaxy reminiscent of the Empire.
Former padawan Lyra Escara has been put into hiding and forced to change her identity, the once-honorable title of Jedi now one that promised a deadly target on her back. As a handmaiden to the queen reigning over Naboo, she leads the quiet life of a protector while she anxiously awaits a call from the Resistance, a beckoning to make her valiant return to the fight where she could finally avenge her slaughtered friends and family, and give the galaxy hope.
But when a trade deal goes astray and the First Order abducts the queen and a handful of her maidens to use as a bartering chip to force their terms, Lyra finds herself a prisoner on their lead ship. Knowing she must hide her force sensitivity to protect her life as well as her queen's, the last thing she expects is to be reunited with an old friend... one she thought had died six years ago, taking her heart with him.
Sensing conflict in him, Lyra's hope flares upon learning that the feared Kylo Ren isn't too far gone just yet.
Facing unsettled conflict, old wounds and the constant war of good and evil raging around them, could Lyra's boundless love and determination be the spark that will save Ben Solo from himself, or will she destroy herself trying to be the hero when it matters most?
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Book Two
(THIS IS THE SEQUEL TO COVET, IF YOU HAVEN'T YET YOU MUST READ BEFORE YOU CAN READ THIS STORY)